Local Notes
Clinton HS
- Baseball Host Union… The Red Devil varsity baseball team will host Union tonight at 6:30 in the last game of the regular season… This game has seeding implication for the playoffs as it will determine whether the Red Devils finish first or second… Come on out and cheer the Red Devils on… Go Big Red!
- Boys’ Tennis: Clinton 4 – Walhalla 3… The Red Devil boys’ tennis team hosted the Razorbacks of Walhalla HS yesterday and took a close 4-3 win in second round action in the SCHSL Class AAA Boys Tennis Tournament… Nathan Meade, Edwin Orr and Jacob King all took wins in singles action… Mead and Orr then teamed up to become the #1 doubles team and defeated their opponent to punch the Red Devils ticket into the third round Monday (4-26-24) when the Red Devils will be on the road to Wren HS to take on the Golden Hurricanes at 5:00 pm… If you would like to see more details on this match click here…If you would like to see the SCHSL Bracket for Class AAA Tennis click here.
Laurens HS
- Softball at Wade Hampton… The Raider softball team closes out its regular season tonight as they travel to Wad Hampton HS to take on the Generals in a JV-Varsity doubleheader starting at 5:00 pm… There are some playoff seeding implications for the Raider in this game.
- Boys’ Tennis: Thoroughbreds 5 – Raiders 1 … The Raider boys’ tennis team traveled to South Aiken HS to take on the Thoroughbreds yesterday and I hate to have to report that the Thoroughbreds eliminated the Raiders from the Class AAAA Tennis Playoffs by taking a 5-1 win over the Raiders… Gibson Partee took the lobe win for the Raiders in singles action… Congratulations to him and the Raiders for finishing third in the region and winning a first round playoff match this season to finish with a 7-11 record…. If you would like to see the SCHS Bracket for Class AAAA click here.
- Cheerleading Tryouts… Cheerleading tryouts will be held at LDHS starting Monday, May 6th and running through Thursday, May 9th in the Main Gym at LDHS… There’s a lot of information you need to know before coming out on those dates including information about needing a current physical form… For much more information about this, click here
Laurens Academy
- Baseball: WW King 4 – Crusaders 3… The Laurens Academy Crusader baseball team closed out its regular season last night at home taking on the Knights of WW King… It was a heart breaking loss for the Crusaders as the Knights scored 1 unearned run in the top of the 7th inning to take a 4-3 win over the Crusaders…. The Crusaders scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning when Nathan Bell doubled driving in the two runs… They scored another run in the 3rd inning on a Knight error…By the time the 5th inning had ended the Knights had tied the game 3-3 to set the stage for the 7th inning unearned run that proved to be the winning run as the Crusaders had runners on second and third base with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th but just could not get the clutch hit to tie or win the game… The Crusaders outhit the Knights 6-3 but also had more errors (5-4)…. Evan Asalone and Caleb Hardy each had 2 hits to lead the Crusaders at the plate and one of Hardy’s was a double… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored… The crusaders end the regular season with a 5-10 record and await the release of the SCISA baseball brackets tomorrow (Saturday) to find out what is next for them.
Thornwell
- Baseball: Saints 8 – Calhoun Falls 5… The Saints baseball team wrapped up its season yesterday by taking an 8-5 over the Blue Flashes of Calhoun Falls at Calhoun Falls… The Flashes led 4-2 going into the 4th inning where the saints put 3 runs on the scoreboard and added 3 more in the 6th inning while holding the Flashes to just 1 additional run to take the win… Calhoun Falls actually outhit the saints 13-11 but the Saints had 4 extra-base hits to the Flashes 2 that helped to make the difference…. Sam Robertson had a stellar day at the plate as he went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and drove in 3 runs… Griffen Raines went 3 for 4 with a RBI… Click here to see the box score of the game and click here to see the scorebook to see how the runs were scored.
Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame…
- Five Inducted… Last night at the Laurens County Museum on courthouse square five new members of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame were inducted into the hall… The Class of 2024 included Robert Wilder, Anthony Downs, Charles Peterson, Walter Todd and Jean Hammond Whitfield… Two of the new members are deceased and their awards were accepted by family… Charles Peterson’s award was accepted by mother and daughter while Robert Wilders’ was accepted by his grandson… The other three new members gave brief remarks and they all centered around how much this award means to them…. For more information on the five new members and why they were selected, click here… Congratulation to all of them!
Broadcast Notes… We plan on brining you the following contest here on Real Radio WLBG:
- ????… Sometime during the playoffs.
Local Sports Schedules: All schedules subject to change right up to game time.
- School District 55: To see the sports schedule for this week at LDHS, click here.
- School District 56: To see the sports schedule for this week at CHS and CMS, click here
- Laurens Academy: To see the varsity and middle school baseball schedule click here… To see the varsity & middle school softball schedule click here.
- Thornwell: To see the Thornwell varsity baseball schedule and results click here.… To see the Saints softball schedule and results click here.
- PC Sports Calendar… To see the PC athletics sports calendar, click here.
College Sports: For any game mentioned below, click on the score for more details if available.
College Baseball
- D-1 Rankings… The latest college baseball rankings according to D1BASEBALL.COM TOP 25 came out on 4-21-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas A&M (1), Arkansas (2), Tennessee, (4) Kentucky (3), and Clemson (6)… Coastal Carolina moved up #13 (19)…. South Carolina checked in at #24 (20)… If you wish to see the entire top 25 according to the poll click here.
- Scores… If you click here, it will carry you to a posting linked to the NCAA website where you can find the latest scores, past scores and future contest in D1 baseball… When you get there, it will list scores and contest by top 25 and if you scroll down, it will also list them by conferences… Enjoy!
College Softball
- D-1 Rankings… The latest college softball rankings put out by ESPN and USA Softball came out 4-22-24… The top 5 are (previous spot in parenthesis): Texas (1), Oklahoma (2), Tennessee (4) Oklahoma State (6) and Duke (3), … The Clemson Tigers dropped a spot from #20 to #21…South Carolina is still out of the top 25… If you wish to see the entire top 25 according to the poll click here
- Scores… Similar to baseball above, if you click here, it will carry you to a posting linked to the NCAA website where you can find the latest scores, past scores and future contest in D1 baseball… When you get there, it will list scores and contest by top 25 and if you scroll down, it will also list them by conferences… Enjoy!
Pro Sports: For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
Atlanta Braves… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Braves… The Braves were off last night and will start a 3-game series with the Cleveland Guardians tonight in Atlanta… The Braves are 17-6 on the season and in first place in the NL East while the Guardians are 18-7 and in first place in the AL Central.
- Season Schedule… If you would like to see the Braves, click here… It should also show where the game will be televised if it is televised.
- Other MLB Scores & Schedules… If you would like to see other scores around MLB last night or in the recent past plus the schedule of upcoming games, click here.
- Standings… To see the MLB Standings click here… Once you get there you will see the standing by league (American or National) and also by division.
Greenville Drive… For more information on the game(s) below, click on the scores.
- Greensboro 11 – Drive 1… After losing the first two games of the 6 games series with the Drive in Greenville last night, the Greensboro Grasshoppers turned the tables an defeated the Drive by a score of 11-1… The Hoppers simply outhit the Drive 12-6 and they had 3 homers among their 12 hits while the best the Drive could do was a couple of doubles.
- Schedule… If you wish to see the Greenville Drive schedule and results of completed games, click here.
- Standings… To see the standings for the South Atlantic League (SAL) click here.
NBA
- Scores… To see the latest scores in the NBA and games up next, click here
- Standings… To see the current standing and records in each of the NBA Conferences click here.
NASCAR
- Tyler Redick Survives Last lap Wreck to Take win at Talladega… Michael McDowell looked like he had the race in the bag coming out of turn 4 on the last lap at Talladega Sunday when he tried to block a hard charging opponent and got loose starting a wreck that wiped out numerous competitors but Tyler Reddick who was running third at the time managed to avoid the mayhem and win his first race of the season… Click here to go to the NASCAR website where there is much more about this including the final race results.
- Standings… Kyle Larson still leads the Driver Standings in the Cup Series while Martin Truex Jr. remains second… Chase Elliot moved up to 3rd replacing Denny Hamlin who dropped to 5th…To see the driver standings for the Cup Series click here… Once you get there you can also click on links to see the standings in Xfinity and Truck Series using tabs in the upper right corner of the posting.
- Schedule This Week… This week NASCAR holds it’s racing this week up in Dover, Delaware except for the Truck Series which is idle… To see the schedule for practices and races click here.
- NASCAR on TV this Week… NASCAR has several things being televised this week including race practices and qualifying, the race itself and assorted other things… To see the TV schedule for each day of the week click here.
This & That:
Ticketing Information and Other Important Information for Raider Spring Sports… The Raider athletic department has released information about ticketing including how to buy ahead of time and policy for purchasing at the gate… Also information about what passes will be accepted as well as other information you need to know before you go… To see all of this and more, click here
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